Beethoven Lives Upstairs: A Tale of Childhood and Genius

This is the first of the music CDs for the kids - Kids love the stories which provide a sense of history and place and keep them interested in the entire CD. Then they start to listen more to the musical portions. It's really interesting to see what they pick up. Time and again, they will pipe up when listening to a piece of music and surprise you by saying "That's Beethoven"... they'll have picked up something about the style of music that's characteristic of Beethoven. Sometimes it's the snippet of music from the CD and other times it's just the rhythms that are characteristic of that piece. A great educational tool.